OPPO Find N6 overview: the creaseless tease
There are foldables, and then there’s OPPO’s Find N6. OPPO seems to have taken its hardware engineering prowess to a level where it’s tough to find fault, and the Find N6 serves as a solid showcase of that might. The headlining aspect of this book-style foldable is its creaseless main display, and that’s just one of the reasons it’s such a compelling device. Frustratingly, the Find N6 isn’t available to buy in India officially, but my friends at OPPO were kind enough to lend me one to try out. Little do they know that I have no intention of returning it… It’s just so good.
Foldable smartphones no longer hold the same novelty value they did in the initial few years of appearing on the scene, so at first glance, the OPPO Find N6 doesn’t seem very different from others of its ilk. It’s the small things that matter in the end, though, and based on my usage, I can say that the Find N6 scores where it matters. Let me elaborate.
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Design and displays
First up, the design and build. At a thickness of 8.9mm when folded and a mere 4.2mm when unfolded, this phone weighs 225 grams – making it easy to carry around and use. To put this in context, OPPO’s own Find X9 Ultra is a few grams heavier, so if you have any misconceptions about foldable smartphones being heavy and difficult to carry vis-à-vis conventional phones, you can put those thoughts behind you. In fact, I actually found the Find N6 (pun unintended) easier to carry around than some of the latest premium flagships. Sure, the circular camera bump on the back is rather large and prominent, but it doesn’t jut out all that much.
The 6.6-inch outer display is no less capable than the main screen, so you basically get a 120Hz LTPO AMOLED panel that supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, and can go up to 3600 nits in terms of peak brightness. The main screen is 8.1-inch and can go up to 2500 nits, and offers the same goodness in terms of features. Typically, though, the high brightness levels max out at 1800 nits for both displays. What’s really amazing about the main screen is that OPPO has managed to eliminate the crease from the middle altogether — and that’s quite a feat. To be clear, the crease is barely visible at certain angles, but the screen feels completely smooth when you run your finger across the middle. Don’t get me wrong… I’ve used quite a few foldable phones over the years, and the crease is something I have learned to live with. I’d go so far as to say it didn’t bother me much, and I had taken it as being part and parcel of the foldable screen tech itself. It’s only when I started using the Find N6 that I realised how a creaseless screen can elevate the overall experience. The engineers at OPPO certainly deserve a pat on the back for this. Count that as one of the biggest feathers in the Find N6’s cap.
Both the cover display and the inner panel are quite capable overall in terms of colour representation. Both displays also feature stylus support, but that’s an optional purchase, and OPPO doesn’t bundle one along with the device. Despite the slim chassis, the build feels reassuringly solid, with IP57, IP58 and IP59 ratings included for additional peace of mind. It does seem like it’s made to last, and that should give enough confidence to the sceptics.
Cameras
Photography is one aspect that usually takes the backseat in foldables, but OPPO is on a mission to prove otherwise. It has equipped the Find N6 with a 200MP primary sensor, which has been paired with a 50MP telephoto and a 50MP ultrawide sensor. The Hasselblad stamp is there, with a visible logo on the camera module. In the camera app, you’ll find a Hasselblad Hi-Res mode, along with XPAN, which shoots panoramic images that can look quite dramatic, especially in monochrome. As a shooter, the Find N6 might not be in a position to snatch the photography crown, but for a foldable, it does score quite high. It produces well-exposed and generally pleasing results in various conditions… including low light. The 20MP sensors on the cover display and the main screen handle selfie duties and video calling well, too.
Software
Performance and battery
Moving on to performance, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC paired with 12 gigs of RAM and 256GB of UFS 4.1 storage (on my test unit), makes up the innards. I’d have preferred at least 512GB on a device like this, but that really doesn’t matter much since the device isn’t available to buy in India officially anyway… OPPO does sell variants with up to 1TB storage in its home country. Suffice it to say, one can’t find fault with top-notch specs like these. These are true-blue flagship specs that handle everything with aplomb, and there are no jitters or hiccups of any sort, regardless of the task or app you run on it. The battery life is yet another feather in the Find N6’s well-adorned cap, as the 6,000mAh delivers a full day’s worth and then some. It charges fast too — thanks to 80W SuperVOOC support, and 50W via wireless( if you have the right hardware). The customisable shortcut button on the side and the IR blaster on top deserve a mention since they add to the overall usage experience.
Verdict
The Find N6 is hard to find in India, since OPPO isn’t officially launching it here. And that is its biggest flaw, as far as I’m concerned. It’s not as if it’s a perfect device – the cameras still can’t match up to conventional flagships, and some rivals like the Pixel 10 Pro Fold have better IP ratings. Other than the creaseless display, the Find N6 doesn’t break new ground overall or set pulses racing, but it does tick all the boxes and delivers in most key aspects. The book-style foldable segment in India has been dominated by Samsung for a long time, with Google and Vivo also vying for a share of the pie. Motorola has just entered the fray with a capable contender of its own, too. It’s a bummer that the Find N6 isn’t here to compete against them, because it would have given the others a reason to worry… it is actually that good.
